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$14.95 Verizon DSL



On Friday 30 September 2005 4:33 pm, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:

> I could use some more raw speed these days, though... I've been doing
> some testing/experimenting with new Linux distros, and it takes a while
> to download 3GB of stuff over our 768K SDSL. On the other hand, the
> connection is very responsive (good for web surfing) and the upload
> speed is good (nice for our admittedly modest collection of servers).
> I've occasionally been tempted to go for the 6M/768K ADSL service that
> Speakeasy is offering now, but it would mean an increase of about
> $35/month, so I have held off so far. (But 6Mbps! EIGHT TIMES as fast!
> The siren call is there... and FIOS isn't coming to Dorchester any time
> soon.)
Comcast is running about 6M right now. Most of my bandwidth tests run close 
to this. 
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